Tag: Clients
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What would you do?
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Having returned from an equine visit, I clambered out of the car in the practice car park and started gathering some equipment that needed cleaning. A few parking spaces over, one of our other vets was stood with her back to me, sporting a visor, deep in conversation with a client via a rolled down…
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Grieving as a professional
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The pet of a close friend of mine has just passed away. Zilla the black Lab was the most beloved dog, who had a fondness both for rummaging through the bins and belly scratches. She’d had progressive problems with her health and, earlier this month, it became clear that, sadly, the time had come for…
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Would you like some chlorine with your chicken?
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With the news being dominated by coronavirus over the past few months, other issues are slipping below the radar. With work currently being all-consuming, I am barely keeping up with the ever-changing rules of lockdown (are we still calling it that?), never mind anything else. As a result, news that MPs voted against an amendment…
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Crazy pet myths
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I’m hoping to move home soon, but it’s been a long time since I moved with a pet. I’m considering Prof Edward Coleman’s feelings in this far more than my own; he likes to wander to other gardens and, although he settled quickly here, I’m moving nearer a busy road, so I’m thinking of ways…
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Do you have an impostor syndrome persona?
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Impostor syndrome is that overwhelming feeling you don’t deserve to be where you are. It’s the niggling sense that maybe you’re not as intelligent, creative or talented as you may seem to the outside world. We all have this little voice in our head – your inner dialogue starts to seed the suspicion that maybe…
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Coping with euthanasia from a distance
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I’m not really sure what’s happening in practice at the moment, but it’s insanely busy. Despite trying to justify the unbelievable increase in work, I can always think of a counter argument: There’s fewer staff members, so maybe the cases are just more concentrated between fewer vets? In reality, we are actually only 1.5 vets…
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What about vets on the front line?
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Our profession is generally pretty good at pulling together in the face of adversity. I’ve always loved the community feel of being able to go to CPD events, and usually know someone, or have connections with someone, who is there. I love being able to send a message to my uni friends at any time…
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Is that you ’rona?
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I couldn’t not write about where we are right now with coronavirus. It’s Sunday 22 March and we’re not yet in full lockdown, but it must be coming – who knows what will be happening by the time this is published. So, what can I write about? I want to write about you – the…
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Social distancing and vets
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The Government’s advice is clear. We should not be leaving our houses for anything other than four very clear reasons: Shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently as possible One form of exercise a day – for example, a run, walk or cycle (alone or with members of your household) Any medical need, to provide care…
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Pitfalls of pet insurance
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Nowadays, insurance is not the be all and end all. It is no longer the all-singing, all-dancing green light to work up a case to “gold standard” without financial restraints. So many companies are out there with so many variations in policies that it’s seemingly impossible to keep up. The question “is he insured?” is…